The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Local and state Notes.


agent Of the Decline, spent the Sabbath with
friends in this city.
The belief gains favor that the roads which
last week placed on sale 1000 mile tickets have
put them on to stay, Notwithstanding the fact
that those now sold are limited to July l.
The trunk line presidents. it is stated. have
asked Austin Corbin. president OF the Indiana,
Bloomington a. Western, for conference re-
garding the position taken on the commission
question
the Standard Oil Company building at
their works. in Cleveland, 200 oil tank cars and
this week Wolcotr a. Wright. of this city. ship
ped them the sills for the cars, which made ten
carloads.
E. R. Newman has been appointed CONNER
cial agent of the Wabash, at Chicago. the APP
pointment to take effect to-day, vice VIM. Orr,
resigned to accept the position of traffic man
ager of the Detroit, MackInac 81 MARQUETTE road.
c. II. Robinson left last night for Chicago to
take the position of general agent and car re-
corder of the Erie fastfreight lines. Thomas
Kaylor accompanied him, and is to be chief clerk
in his Office.
Col Horace Scott spent Saturday in the city
looking after matters connected with the LIE
Grande switch signal The Colonel is now in
terested with construction company which is
building two roads IN Kentucky and one In
Texas
J. J. Turner, Superintendent of the Indianap-
oils division of the c.. St. l.. e. P. was pre-
scented on Saturday evening with fine Jurgensou
gold watch, the employees the division being
the donors. The watch was appropriately en-
graved
The New York Stock Exchange has listed ST.
900. 900 of mortgage bonds oearing per cent.
interest of the Louisville. New Albany q Chi
cago road, and $2,08S 900 second mortgage bonds
of the Peoria, Decatur q Evansville, bearing
per cent. interest
w. II. McIlhaney. general agent for foreign
freight of the New York Central, has resigned.
the resignation to take effect to-day. William
James has been appointed his successor. Mr..
McIlhaney is we'll and favorably known in West
ern railroad circles
The c.. St l.. g. p. shops which were partially
burned a few weeks ago will be ready for occu-
paucy by the middle of the month. So solid
were the walls that large portion of them were
uninjured by the fire, and they have been topped
off and new roofs put on.
The Pennsylvania Company is preparing plans
and specifications for handsome passenger
depot in New Albany, Ind. When the contem
plated improvements at that point are com
pleted this company will have expended in ter
minal facilities some $500, 600.
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west OF Pttsburg, states
that the position their road has taken on the
commission question has not decreased travel
over the Pennsylvania lines, and that the pas
Senger earnings for last month will show up the
best Of any April for several years.
The transferring of the passenger business of
the Lake Shore road TO the Decline at Cleve-
land, instead of to the Wabash at Toledo, it is
said. will increase the through travel over the
Decline fully 100 per cent, and with the change
the Decline will be equipped for through service
in better shape than ever before in it's history.
It seems settled that Terre Haute is to have
another railroad, making ten in ALL IL the Hi
nois Midland. now the Terre Haute & Peoria, is
included. By the bye, IL is highly probable that
the lAst-named road will this year build into
Terre Haute, making itself independent of the
Vandalia or the i. & ST. L. to get into that city.
Some of the drummers, it is stated are get
ting ahead of the railroads which refuse to carry
over $50 pounds of baggage for them a single
ticket Where the excess is considerable
short runs. they purchase several tickets to the
atVfH - vwvteh f6nrr ehnv, -a1l
reduction, after getting their several trunks
checked.
The Pennsylvania Company is expanding a
large sum of money on the line between Column
bus and Pittsburg. At Steubenvile they
building a fine steel bridge over the Ohio river,
nearly 1000 feet in length, resting heavy
stone abutments and at other points bridges of
less Importance are being replaced with improved
steel structures.
Captain Allen. master of transportation of the
Decline, has made a good hit in a real estate
transaction. Three years ago he purchased a
farm near Hutchinson, Kan, for $1,000 AS the
Gown grew, . few acres Of IL came into the city
limits, and last week he was offered $40, 600
cash for this ground, and after selling it, will
have most OF his farm left.
ce-president Malott, of the Union Railway
Company, will to-day open correspondence with
the general management of the Lake Erie &
Western road. asking them to become members
of the Union Railway Company on the
terms that the roads now composing the COM
pany hold memberships. The Louisville, New
u
Der during the present month. and should the
Lake Erie e. Western decide favorably, the only
road then out of the fold will be the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton operating the c., 81. & l.
The policy of retrenchment introduced by
Judge Cooley, while receiver of the Wabash
railway. is not to be followed by his successor,
General Men ulta Last March the night tele-
graph Offices at Huntington, Delphi and some
other points on the line were abolished to save
expenses, resulting in considerable emharrass-
ment in the running of freight trains, which. in
the absence of orders. were obliged to lie
at these points and wait on passenger trains.
Last night the Office at Huntington was restored
and that at Delphi was replaced few nights
since
Freight Traffic Stil at Low Ebb.
The train records show that the tonnage car
ried the last week was exceedingly light
pared with that of the last week in March the
first week in April. That there should be light
movement in the latter part of April and early
May is not unusual the close proximity to the
opening Of navigation more or less disturbs bust
ness but this year so heavy has been business
from its very opening that the light movement
Of the last weeks attracts more attention.
The train records show that $50 more loaded
cars were received and forwarded at this point
last week than in the week ending April %,